EP2935034B1 - Upwardly biasing child-resistant closure for liquid medicaments - Google Patents

Upwardly biasing child-resistant closure for liquid medicaments Download PDF

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EP2935034B1
EP2935034B1 EP13863896.0A EP13863896A EP2935034B1 EP 2935034 B1 EP2935034 B1 EP 2935034B1 EP 13863896 A EP13863896 A EP 13863896A EP 2935034 B1 EP2935034 B1 EP 2935034B1
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David A. Manera
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/06—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with bayonet cams, i.e. removed by first pushing axially to disengage the cams and then rotating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/243—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
    • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
    • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
    • B65D50/041—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one the closure comprising nested inner and outer caps or an inner cap and an outer coaxial annular member, which can be brought into engagement to enable removal by rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02—Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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  • the invention relates to improvements to child-resistant closures for dispensers of liquid medicaments, in particular dispensers of liquid medicaments, and thereby provides for reduced manufacturing and production costs by coupling a triggerable passive valve system with a child-resistant cap to provide a child-resistant closure with additional safety features without the need for manufacturing additional structures or pieces.
  • Child-resistant closures for medicaments have been known in the art for nearly fifty years. These closures generally require two opposed movements acting at the same time to overcome a locking mechanism.
  • one type of child-resistant cap requires a user to squeeze the cap at specific points, causing a deformation, and then to rotate the cap. If either the squeezing or rotating step is not performed, the cap cannot be opened.
  • Another common method for imparting child-resistance on a cap is to require that the cap be pushed in a downward direction and then turned in order to be removed. Again, it can be seen that the two movements are opposed to one another; it is only through application of this unnatural combination of movements that the cap can be removed.
  • Such a cap is disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,316,161 .
  • a passive valve closure in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed by document US2009/2779047 .
  • a passive valve is a valve which, in its resting state, is in a closed position, and which only moves to an open position when acted upon by an outside party, substance, or device. However, the passive valve only remains in this open state for the duration of the action by the party, substance, or device; upon cessation of the action, the valve reverts to its closed state.
  • passive valves differ from active valves, which require action by an outside party, substance, or device, to move from the closed position to the open position and further require an additional action to return to the closed position.
  • check valves are often considered to be passive valves, as they permit movement in one direction only and are generally found to be closed when no outside forces have been applied to them. Passive valves can therefore be considered “triggerable” in that an outside party, substance, or device “triggers" the valve to move from the closed position to an open position.
  • Passive or check valves are often of the cantilever, flap or lid variety (e.g., valves in the human heart), and function by mechanical displacement on account of a sufficient overpressure upstream of the valve. The same displacement is, however, not possible in the opposite direction, thus performing the basic function of a valve.
  • a check-valve is designed to allow for temporal control of fluidic actuation.
  • passive valves generally only require movement in a single direction to open the valve.
  • a passive valve on its own, would not necessarily impart child-resistance to a closure as a child may be able to trigger the valve to move from a closed position to an open position by simply applying force in a single direction.
  • the use of passive valves in closures for liquid medicaments while beneficial, does not necessarily meet with industry and government standards for child-resistance, unless additional structures are added to impart child-resistance.
  • the present invention provides a triggerable, passive valve closure capable of attachment to pre-existing, outwardly-threaded bottles of liquid medicaments, thus minimizing the quantity of components required to provide child-resistant closure and accurately dispense a liquid medicament.
  • the closure has a collar, a plunger, and a tapered valve seal, such that the collar has spring features which permit compression in a downward direction and skirt lugs for engagement of complementary, mated lugs of a dosage cup, said skirt lugs being positioned such that engagement requires compression of the spring features.
  • lugs shall be understood to mean one or both sets of grooves, ridges, or lugs configured to reversibly engage complementary grooves, ridges, or lugs to provide for child-resistant closure.
  • Such helical lock grooves, ridges, and lugs are well known in the art, and similar lugs are described in, at least, U.S. Patent 6,354,450 .
  • the present invention may be constructed of laminated layers of plastic bonded with adhesive, or can be injection molded plastic.
  • Suitable plastics include polyester, polycarbonate, acrylic, polystyrene, polyolefins, polyimides, and/or any other thermoplastic polymer.
  • the polyolefins referenced above include, but are not limited to polypropylene, as well as high- , medium- , and low-density polyethylene.
  • the passive valve closure presented in the embodiments herein provides triggerable passive valves for controlling the flow of liquids (flow or no flow) from a preexisting bottle, preventing the outward passage of the liquids in the preexisting bottle without application of external compressive forces, and being capable of engagement with a dosage cup bearing lugs.
  • the passive valve is designed to permit outward-flow only upon application of adequate compressive forces to the collar of the closure, and to negate leakage of liquid medicament into the dosage cup when in a capped state.
  • the closure is designed such that engagement of the lugs of the closure with mated, complementary lugs of the dosage cup requires that a compressive force be applied to the closure, and that disengagement of the lugs requires and additional compressive force be applied to the closure via the dosage cup, coupled with a rotation of the dosage cup, but the compressive force is not enough to move the valve from a closed position to an open state.
  • the present invention is compliant with current and 2013 Center for Communicable Disease (CDC) and Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) recommendations for child resistant closures over the counter (OTC) liquid medications.
  • the present embodiments are characterized by a feature to lock the inventive CR cap onto a liquid reservoir, adapting it to present child resistant requirements, although the invention is not so limited.
  • CDC Central Office
  • CHPA Consumer Healthcare Products Association
  • OTC Counter
  • each embodiment is characterized for use with a dosage cup, and thus each provides helical lock lugs on the outer surface of the cap for CR attachment of the helical lock dosage cup.
  • passive valve closure 100 includes collar 101, plunger 114, and tapered valve seal 127, and is adapted to be attached to the mouth of a pre-existing bottle.
  • collar 101 has skirt 102, cylinder 106, horizontal shoulder 109, and internal platform 110.
  • Skirt 102 is generally tubular in shape, with a diameter greater than that of cylinder 106. Skirt 102 has upper end 103 and lower end 104 and a diameter 105, which can also be seen in Fig. 1 . Skirt 102 has a central longitudinal axis which is shared by cylinder 106. In one embodiment, skirt 102 is of a uniform diameter. In an alternative embodiment, skirt 102 has several sections, each with progressively smaller diameters. In all embodiments, diameter 105 of skirt 102, or the separate diameters of each section of skirt 102, is greater than the diameter of cylinder 106.
  • attachment means 139 such as threads designed to mate with complementary threads on the neck finish of a pre-existing bottle, or other attachment means known to one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the internal surface of skirt 102 is adapted to provide irreversible locking means 136 to the pre-existing bottle.
  • the exterior surface of skirt 102 has skirt lugs 125 for reversibly attaching dosage cup 124 to the closure in a child-resistant fashion via complementary, mated cap lugs 126 on dosage cup 124, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7 .
  • Cylinder 106 has top end 107 and bottom end 108 and a diameter. Both top end 107 and bottom end 108 are open and are configured to accept mated plunger 114. Further, cylinder 106 has a central longitudinal axis which is shared by skirt 102.
  • Horizontal shoulder 109 connects bottom end 108 of cylinder 106 to upper end 103 of skirt 102 and compensates for the variance in diameter between the two structures.
  • Horizontal shoulder 109 further comprises spring features 138 extending upwardly such that when spring features 138 are compressed, the topmost portion of spring features 138 is manually pressed toward horizontal shoulder 109.
  • Spring features 138 permit compression in a downward direction of a predetermined length.
  • spring features 138 are leaf springs, as the use of a leaf spring is often preferred to provide smooth functioning of the device because of the absence of friction and backlash.
  • any number of spring-like mechanisms could be used in the manner described, and thus the invention is not limited to the embodiment specifically recited above.
  • Internal platform 110 Located internal to collar 101 is internal platform 110.
  • Internal platform 110 is located at a height approximately equivalent to that of horizontal shoulder 109. Further, internal platform 110 has core 111. Spaced around core 111 are a plurality of exit ports 112, each exit port 112 having a central longitudinal axis parallel to the shared central axis of cylinder 106 and skirt 102, and providing a passageway for liquid medicament to flow from the pre-existing bottle into a cavity created by the interior surface of cylinder 106.
  • the plurality of exit ports 112 is four exit ports.
  • Core 111 contains central channel 113, configured to accept stem 135, and having a longitudinal axis shared with the axis of the cylinder and the skirt.
  • plunger 114 has flange 115, outer shell 116, and inner assembly 120.
  • Flange 115 extends radially outward from a centerline of the closure and is configured to accept compressive forces applied by the fingers of a user such that, as a result of the compression, 114 plunger moves in a vertical direction relative to collar 101, which remains stationary.
  • the centerline of the closure is the shared central axis of the stem, cylinder, and skirt.
  • Vertical movement of plunger 114 is effected by flange 115 imparting downward force onto spring features 138, thus compressing spring features 138.
  • flange is a horizontal shelf.
  • flange 115 has a horizontal shelf and a flange skirt depending downward therefrom.
  • Outer shell 116 has top end 117 and bottom end 119. Additionally, outer shell 116 has a diameter greater than that of cylinder 106, but less than that of skirt 102.
  • Top end 117 has top ring 118, which serves as a transition point connecting outer shell to inner assembly 120.
  • top ring 118 is configured to accept induction foil or another means of sealing plunger 114 in a tamper-resistant, hygienic, or other fashion. Top ring 118 is connected, in turn, to inner assembly 120 of plunger 114.
  • Inner assembly 120 of plunger 114 is an insert mated to fit within the diameter of cylinder 106.
  • Inner assembly 120 extends downward into cylinder 106.
  • Inner assembly 120 has a diameter smaller than that of cylinder 106 to permit such mated insertion.
  • Inner assembly 120 has top end 121 and bottom end 123. Both top end 121 and bottom end 123 are open, creating top and bottom openings respectively, providing a passageway through which liquid medicaments may pass.
  • Located on a surface of inner assembly 120 proximal to cylinder 106 is at least one sealing mechanism 122.
  • Such sealing mechanisms 122 include, but are not limited to, wiper seals, O-rings, and other sealing mechanisms known to those skilled in the art. Sealing mechanisms 122 ensure that liquid medicament may only exit the pre-existing bottle by passing through cylinder 106 and then through inner assembly 120, preventing liquid medicament from accessing the space between collar 101 and plunger 114.
  • tapered valve seal 127 has a circular stopper 128, cross-shaped shaft 132, stem 135, and a terminal knob 137.
  • Circular stopper 128 is of a solid construction with upper diameter 129 and lower diameter 130. Upper diameter 129 is greater in size than lower diameter 130 and the two are connected via a tapered stopper wall 131. Upper diameter 129 of circular stopper 128 is equal to or greater than the inner diameter of top ring 118 of plunger 114. Lower diameter 130 of circular stopper 128 connects to top end 133 of cross-shaped shaft 132. When closure 100 is assembled, cross-shaped shaft 132 extends in a downward fashion through the passageway of the inner assembly. In one embodiment, bottom end 134 of cross-shaped shaft 132 tapers in cross-sectional diameter until it connects to stem 135.
  • Stem 135 has a top end and a bottom end, with the top end of stem 135 being the point where cross-shaped shaft 132 connects to stem 135.
  • Stem 135 has a predetermined length. Additionally, stem 135 has diameter less than that of central channel 113.
  • the bottom end of stem 135 is connected to terminal knob 137.
  • Stem 135 is configured to extend through central channel 113.
  • Terminal knob 137 has a diameter greater than central channel 113. Terminal knob 137 constructed in such a fashion that it may pass through central channel 113 in a downward direction relative to collar 101, but may not pass through central channel 113 in an upward direction. In one embodiment, the construction of stem 135 and terminal knob 137 is that of a "one-way barb" as known to those having ordinary skill in the art.
  • Dosage cup 124 may be one of any number of dosage cups known in the art. Dosage cup 124 has a bottom wall and side walls for containing the liquid medicament when dispensed. The side walls of dosage cup 124 have cap lugs 126 as referenced above. Cap lugs 126 are positioned on dosage cup 124, and skirt lugs 125 are positioned on skirt 102, at distances such that, a downward compressive force must be applied to dosage cup 124 to permit skirt lugs to engage cap lugs 126.
  • This upward biasing force causes the plurality of cap lugs 126 to engage the plurality of skirt lugs 125 in a child resistant manner.
  • This child-resistance created by the need for an additional downward force sufficient to overcome the resilience of spring features 138 to be exerted on dosage cup 124 to permit the plurality of cap lugs 126 to clear the complementary portions of skirt lugs 125.
  • This downward force must further be coupled with a rotational movement of dosage cup 124 in order to fully disengage cap lugs 126 from skirt lugs 125.
  • the closure is capable of residing in three positions: closed position, open position, and capped position.
  • closed position as shown in Fig. 5 , spring features exert 138 an upward force on plunger 114, which, in turn, exerts an upward force on tapered valve seal 125, and specifically on terminal knob 137.
  • This force raises both plunger 114 and tapered valve seal 127, however the upward movement of these two components is stopped when terminal knob 137 comes into contact with the underside of core 111.
  • the continued upward force exerted on plunger 114 by spring features 138 is transferred to the now-stationary tapered valve seal, thus providing a liquid-tight seal such that inversion of the bottle does not result in liquid medicaments exiting the closure.
  • plunger 114 When manual external compressive force is applied to flange 115, plunger 114 travels in a downward direction relative to collar 101. The downward movement of plunger 114 releases the pressure exerted by the upward force on tapered valve seal 127. As such, tapered valve seal 127 moves in a downward fashion in tandem with the downward movement of plunger 114. The predetermined distance of downward compression permitted by spring features 138 is greater than the predetermined length of stem 135. As a result, the descent of tapered valve seal 127 is halted when tapered bottom 134 of cross-shaped shaft 127 comes in contact with central channel 113 of core 111.
  • plunger 114 travels between 0.03125 and 0.500 inches in the downward vertical direction. In an alternative embodiment, plunger 114 travels between 0.03125 and 0.250 inches in the downward vertical direction. In another embodiment, plunger 114 travels between 0.0625 and 0.1875 inches in the downward vertical direction.
  • plunger 114 travels a distance of 0.125 inches in the downward vertical direction, resulting in a gap of between 0.050 inches and 0.060 inches between top ring and tapered stopper wall 131.
  • the invention is not so limited, and with the benefit of the present disclosure one skilled in the art would be able to apply the present invention to any container for liquids and produce a sealing mechanism with a gap appropriate for the container.
  • dosage cup 124 In the capped position, as shown in Fig. 7 , dosage cup 124 has been inverted and cap lugs 126 have been threaded onto skirt lugs 125.
  • a slight compressive force is exerted on the tapered valve seal, which transfers the force to plunger 114, and in turn, compresses spring features 138 as described above.
  • the compressive force applied lowers both tapered valve seal 127 and plunger 114, however it does not move tapered valve seal 127 a distance great enough that tapered bottom 134 of cross-shaped shaft 132 comes in contact with central channel 113.
  • the resistance of spring features 138 to compression provides a force opposite to that of the compressive force applied by an outside actor such that a seal is maintained between tapered valve seal 127 and plunger 114, preventing outflow of liquid medicament.
  • Dosage cup 124 is then rotated to fully engage the skirt lugs 125 lugs and reversibly lock dosage cup 124 in place. Removal of dosage cup 124 is effected by application of additional downward force to partially disengage cap lugs 126 from skirt lugs 125, rotation of dosage cup 124 to fully disengage skirt lugs 125, and removal of the compressive force. Once the compressive force has been removed, passive valve closure 100 reverts to the closed position as described above.
  • liquid medicament is unable to exit plunger 114 and fill the cavity formed by the side walls and bottom wall of dosage cup 124, preventing unintentional spillage of liquid medicament, and accumulation of residual amounts of liquid medicament on the side walls and bottom wall of dosage cup 124.
  • the present invention reduces the number of structures necessary to effect child-resistant closure of a triggerable passive valve closure.
  • Prior art methods for imparting an upward biasing force on dosage cup 124 were standalone features which failed to contemplate any potential interaction with the triggering of a passive valve closure and resulted in larger devices which were difficult to store and more costly to produce.

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